Let's just call it a night.....
ajdrew said:grantmichaels - You are right. I do need thicker skin. It was just to be here with so many nice people, then smack, right in the face with a cold, wet, dead flounder. It really hurt. I should have just quoted the video back to him right off and reminded him of the things he said. It was just so much of a shock to have someone jump on me when everyone else was being so nice. Please friend me, you have very good advice / influence and I could use that right now. Going threw a lot nearly loosing my feet.
To everyone, again very sorry I felt so hurt and expressed it. I am going to have to get used to people going off on me like that, even when I didn't do a thing. The internet is so very impersonal. Makes it easy for people to attack and forget that words can hurt. From now on, I promise to just say You are big, you are mean, and your mama dresses you funny.
It's against my better judgment that I chime in. This quote, I think, is the problem. You have been on THP for 2 weeks & now the people on it are "all you have?" I don't think I need to state the obvious. I have spent hours and hours almost every day since joining maybe 10 weeks ago, but it's to gain a better understanding of peppers... not that my experience is any better or worse than yours.ajdrew said:Its just that you people, this forum, you guys have been all I have had since getting out the hospital this time.
coachspencerxc said:I have met some great people here & the generosity & support found here it astounding. I grew up in the punk rock scene of the late 80s & was in bands from 1992-2004 that traveled all over North America playing in basements, sleeping in squatted buildings, getting fed by people who had nothing & doing it all just for gas money... but really doing it for the relationships built. We put out our own records & traded & sold them all over the world. If we needed a place to play in Minneapolis, we knew who to call & we'd do the same for them when they came through North Carolina. The pepper world has elements of community & cooperation that harken back to my times with the punk scene. It's refreshing. Certainly different but similar DIY ethic & "shirt off your back" mentality. I've traded tons in the past 2 months- going from seeds of 5 varieties to 250. I don't know how many times someone's said "I only have 4 seeds left, but you can have them all" & how many times I've done the same. Means a lot & something good to be a part of.
ajdrew said:Hot Pepper, you want to tell me what I said about his business that is both not accurate and not in the video I was talking about?
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